Extraordinary Stories From An Ordinary Guy: The "An Adventure With One Of My Former High School Students" Story

It was an ordinary day. Sitting in my easy chair looking at a calendar titled 2024 AFRICA, Photography by Keith Grebinger. I taught Industrial Arts at Manheim Township High School (MTHS) in Neffsvillle, PA. I had graduated from high school at MTHS in the early1960s and went to nearby Millersville State Teacher's College to become a teacher. When I graduated from Millersville I found that there was an opening at MTHS in the Industrial Arts Department. Didn't take long to apply, receive an interview, and begin teaching at my alma mater. I eventually asked the school district if I could begin a course in photography and they were more than willing, providing that I provided them with a curriculum for the course I wanted to teach. One of my early students was a young man named Keith Grebinger. At the time, I was teaching photography and he had selected my course as one of his minor subjects. Great student with a real knack for taking photographs. After he graduated from MTHS two years later, with two years of my teaching under his belt, he opened his own picture and frame shop in nearby Neffsville, PA. And....to top all this off... I eventually retired from teaching, and asked Keith if I could work for him at his photography and frame shop! Seemed a bit odd, being the worker and not the boss, but we worked together just fine. I learned probably as much from him about framing and mounting as he learned from me about the art of photography. I worked part-time for Keith for close to 10 years before I finally called it quits and totally retired! Recently made a visit back to Keith's shop in nearby Neffsville to see what he was working on at the time and found his latest photographic masterpiece...A calendar of photographs that he had recently taken in Africa of the wildlife of Africa. 13 remarkable calendar photographs that he had taken of the African wildlife and African scenery! I talked about his trip to Africa with he and his wife Cindy and how much fun it was to take the photographs of all the wildlife. Today, he and Cindy own and operate Grebinger Gallery / Lancaster Picture & Framing in Neffsville, Pennsylvania which is between the towns of Lancaster and Lititz. So, if you want or need a professional photographer or a professional framer, just give Keith a call at 717-569-9335. I'm absolutely sure you will enjoy Keith's work as well as Keith, himself! It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.